Public Speaking MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2 for Practice

Q: 16. .................... is a method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas

Correct Answer is: Brainstorming

Q: 19. According to your textbook, .................... is anything that impedes the communication of a message

Correct Answer is: Interference

Q: 20. The .................... is a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in her or his speech.

Correct Answer is: Specific purpose statement

Q: 22. .................... is the use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups.

Correct Answer is: Name-calling

Q: 23. .................... is controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his or her presentation

Correct Answer is: Positive Nervousness

Q: 24. The .................... is a one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the main points of a speech.

Correct Answer is: Central Idea

Q: 25. According to your textbook, which of the following is a factor in situational audience analysis?

Correct Answer is: The size of the audience

Q: 26. Audience-centeredness involves keeping your audience foremost in mind

Correct Answer is: At every step of speech preparation and presentation

Public Speaking MCQ Questions for Practice

16. .................... is a method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas

Imaging
Brainstorming
Channeling

17. When you want to change or structure the attitudes of your audience, your general purpose is to

Inform
Persuade
Entertain

18. When your general purpose is to .................... , you act as a teacher or lecturer.

Inform
Persuade
Entertain

19. According to your textbook, .................... is anything that impedes the communication of a message

Interference
Blockage
Distortion

20. The .................... is a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in her or his speech.

Introductory statement
General purpose statement
Specific purpose statement
Central idea

21. .................... is the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.

Linguistics
Ethics
Theology

22. .................... is the use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups.

Name-calling
Ethnocentrism
Hyperbole

23. .................... is controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his or her presentation

Restrained Anxiety
Positive Nervousness
Focused Nervousness

24. The .................... is a one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the main points of a speech.

Signpost
Central Idea
Internal Summary
Hypothesis

25. According to your textbook, which of the following is a factor in situational audience analysis?

The size of the audience
The religion of the audience
The gender of the audience
The age of the audience

26. Audience-centeredness involves keeping your audience foremost in mind

When you deliver your speech
When you organize and outline your speech
When you choose a topic for your speech
At every step of speech preparation and presentation